The memphis tigers? Are you fukking kidding me?
The memphis tigers? Are you fukking kidding me?
The new Red Wings arena was announced last year
http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/9506294/michigan-board-oks-new-red-wings-arena-detroit
The memphis tigers? Are you fukking kidding me?
Well the Bucks could possibly relocate and for some of these cities their pro teams mean everything. NY is still the sh*t no matter what their sports teams are doing. LA, Chicago, Miami as well. the teams just add to the city but it doesn't make the city. Sac needs the Kings, that's all they have. The people there will even tell you that. Cleveland needs the Browns. OKC wanted a pro team badly to help the city's image. Same with Memphis years ago. I grew up in Fresno- Fresno State is everything and the only thing there. Hey maybe Milwaukee and these other towns should be using tax money on roads, schools, and community programs- I agree but pro teams in these towns IS their identity and they treat it as such. Somebody in Milwaukee is probably thinking a new arena could start a whole new movement in the city on some "we need some new shyt to feel good about ourselves and stick our chests out". Other cities think different brehthey all get used in the same manner. Like I said, it's politics. They want an arena to redevelop areas that quite frankly don't need to be redeveloped. I remember the Knicks wanted a new arena across the street and the Jets wanted a West Side stadium (this was when the Yankees, Nets and Mets were getting greenlit for their venues) and they were bidding for the Olympics. You had Bloomberg down for it, not because Giants Stadium was ass or because MSG was old or because the Jets wanted their own venue. He wanted it to redevelop a swanky as fukk area in midtown Manhattan. No new Yorker bought that lie and now, the only way you can build a venue out here is if you fit the bill. I wish other cities had that ability tosuch proposals, but they don't.
How many downtown areas in the country REALLY need to be rebuilt and redeveloped?
Even Stern admitted they messed up by moving the Grizzlies from Vancouver, too bad I don't see Vancouver ever getting another shot soon
they all get used in the same manner. Like I said, it's politics. They want an arena to redevelop areas that quite frankly don't need to be redeveloped. I remember the Knicks wanted a new arena across the street and the Jets wanted a West Side stadium (this was when the Yankees, Nets and Mets were getting greenlit for their venues) and they were bidding for the Olympics. You had Bloomberg down for it, not because Giants Stadium was ass or because MSG was old or because the Jets wanted their own venue. He wanted it to redevelop a swanky as fukk area in midtown Manhattan. No new Yorker bought that lie and now, the only way you can build a venue out here is if you fit the bill. I wish other cities had that ability tosuch proposals, but they don't.
How many downtown areas in the country REALLY need to be rebuilt and redeveloped?
Well the Bucks could possibly relocate and for some of these cities their pro teams mean everything. NY is still the sh*t no matter what their sports teams are doing. LA, Chicago, Miami as well. the teams just add to the city but it doesn't make the city. Sac needs the Kings, that's all they have. The people there will even tell you that. Cleveland needs the Browns. OKC wanted a pro team badly to help the city's image. Same with Memphis years ago. I grew up in Fresno- Fresno State is everything and the only thing there. Hey maybe Milwaukee and these other towns should be using tax money on roads, schools, and community programs- I agree but pro teams in these towns IS their identity and they treat it as such. Somebody in Milwaukee is probably thinking a new arena could start a whole new movement in the city on some "we need some new shyt to feel good about ourselves and stick our chests out". Other cities think different breh
Yeah, that arena is like 30 years old or some shyt@BillSimmons: Off last tweet: the NBA has been helping Herb Kohl quietly shop the Bucks around w/o letting it turn into a stay-or-leave soap opera.
@BillSimmons: Off last tweet: NBA would rather see Bucks stay in Milwaukee but a new arena has to be part of it. Franchise alone will go for 525-550 mill.
I guess we'll see when someone else starts scoopin'
No, they fukkin arent...you have no idea and are making hat up from your canadian basement with no accurate perspective. You could maybe let us know whos more popular between the montreal allouettes and the rough riders....nope
memphis tigers are more popular than the grizzlies
same with how marquette basketball is more popular than milwaukee bucks
Stadiums built in the 80s missed the boat. All the technological advances forced changes everywhere and sports is such a cash cow that you have to keep up with the times. Look at the stadiums currently built and in use. Most of them now are no older than 25 years old and the ones that are like Lambeau, Fenway, Wrigley, etc. are either steeped in history or get renovated annually.there is nothing wrong with the bradley center just because it isnt swanky and new.
the whole need a new arena or else to me is laughable if milwaukee was a major market silver wouldn't have said anything at all.
bradley center opened in 1988, same year as the palace and kings arena, two years before the target center . Within 6 years of openning, utah, phoenix, cleveland, chicago opened their arenas and are still using them to this day.
silver says "small size"
its bigger than 9 nba arenas.

No, they fukkin arent...you have no idea and are making hat up from your canadian basement with no accurate perspective. You could maybe let us know whos more popular between the montreal allouettes and the rough riders....

I hear the Bradley Center is crap. It looks so dark on television. Of course it would help ten fold of they had a better teamnew arenas are usless unless the old arena is horrible and in the middle of nowhere, and now your making a swanky new arena downtown with like condos, convention center, new subway stuff and a vote agreed from tax payers.
its better to just renovate
Yeah, that arena is like 30 years old or some shyt